The seventh episode in the PBM Reform Podcast Series features guest host Monique Whitney, the Excutive Director of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) interviewing pharmacy owners, Oliver's Express Pharmacy Oliver Lackey, PharmD and Main Street Pharmacy Owner, Jeremy Counts, PharmD. 

Two major trends are driving decreasing reimbursement to pharmacies: DIR fees and copay clawbacks. Direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees imposed on community pharmacies, sometimes weeks or months after a medication is dispensed, can eat up the pharmacy’s profit on a prescription transaction, and sometimes even lead to a loss.

According to a survey by the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), 53 percent of pharmacists said DIR fees are assessed quarterly; 67 percent of those surveyed said no information is given as to how much and when DIR fees will be collected or assessed. DIR fees began when Medicare Part D was established, but they now appear in many commercial health insurance plans as well.

Episode & Summary sponsored by RxSafe

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Sponsored by the UltiGuard Safe Pack 

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